Questions #$14,$ #$15,$ #$16,$ #$17,$ #$18,$ #$19$ and #$20$ should be answered by referencing the WIDGET Assembly Line below.

The WIDGET Assembly Line: The six workstations below constitute the widget assembly line. Products flow down the line beginning with workstation $1$ followed by workstation $2,3,4,5$ and $6,$ respectively.

Workstation

Tasks Assigned to the Workstation

Total time to perform all tasks assigned to workstation $($seconds$)$

$1$

a$,$b

$12$

$2$

c$,$d

$15$

$3$

f$,$g$,$i

$6$

$4$

k$,$e

$8$

$5$

h$,$j$,$L

$20$

$6$

m$,$n

$10$

Question $14$

$10$

Points

If all workstations in the widget assembly line process items just$-$in$-$case, which workstation determines the output rate?

WS$1$

WS$2$

WS$3$

WS$4$

WS$5$

WS$6$